Kathy Dodworth
@dodgington@EdinburghUni non/state legitimation | voluntary labour | global health | NGOs | Kenya | Tanzania | China | NHS | Heat Pump Widow | she/her
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I was delighted to appear on @TheKenyanist with host @KamauWairuri about our work on voluntarism and dispossession in community health work. Have a listen and share with anyone who might be interested
This week on #TheKenyanist, we unpack the layers of voluntary labor in healthcare: We discuss how community health workers emerged to fill the gap of inadequate healthcare systems in Kenya. thekenyanist.com. #Health #CommunityHealthWorkers #TheKenyanist #Kenya
Settling into my new post, I am now looking for potential PhD candidates interested in digital geographies, politics of refusal, urban interventions and/or geographical theory. Funding applications would be made to the South Coast DTP. Get in touch. thomasdekeyser.com/phd-supervision
Registration is now open for our conference ‘Climate Dynamics and the Politics of a Post-Carbon Africa',’ in Edinburgh, Apr 24-25, 2025. We are expecting 50+ presenters focused on a range of Climate Change related issues. Deadline is 24 Jan! To register👉epay.ed.ac.uk/conferences-an…
📣 Applications are now open for postdoctoral bridge grants, supporting recently graduated or final-year PhD students who have not yet secured an academic contract or fellowship 💸 EISA will award up to 3 grants of €3,500 each 🗓️ Application deadline: 28 February 2025
⏬Planning to submit a paper to #ECAS2025? If you are researching everyday brokerage, trade, and cooperation in the context of South-South engagement in Africa, consider submitting to the panel I co-convene with @cosfranceschini! 👇👇guarant.eu/ecasconference… @GlobalDevInst
🚀 The Positive Midwifery Project is live! 🌟 We'll be exploring positive, practical ways to help student midwives to continue to build compassionate relationships during placements and beyond. Learn more: padlet.com/julietrayment/… #Midwifery #HumanisingCare @PointofCareFdn
Indeed - giving my first class (remotely) in the US in 3 hours, Illinois, not sure how anyone is going to focus
The next major challenge: Teaching students in class today after this🤔.
Call for Expressions of Interest in Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at University of Birmingham jobs.ac.uk/job/DKN191/cal… #jobsacuk
🚨 The cycle of democracy keeps turning.
The key lesson of the Trump victory for us is that Labour has to deliver the significant improvement in quality of life that people can feel or we face the rise of right wing populism that has swept America. Half measures won’t be enough.
🎬 "Butterfly People: The Samburu of Northern Kenya" Discover the vibrant culture and resilience of the Samburu in this documentary on 7th Nov 2024 🕒 3:30 PM EAT 📌 @BIEA, Laikipia Rd, Kileleshwa 🎟️ Free Entry #BIEAEvents #KenyanDocumentary
I am excited to be seeking for 3 PhD canditates to research the generative tensions of slavery and colonial heritage tourism on my @ERC_Research Starting Grant project. Please share widely wur.nl/en/vacancy/thr… #PhDvacancy #academicjobs #ERCStG2024 #GHSRNL #AOBRPT #NABRDE
I wonder how many Amazon parcels are getting missed in swing states right now
This weekend the Harris campaign had so many out of state volunteers to door knock in PA that it ran out of shifts for them.
Excellent piece by @irunguhoughton 👍🏾 “Kenya has a proud history of struggle for democratic and accountable governance…organised generations always rise to remind those in power that they rule with our consent.”
📢 WE’RE RECRUITING: Editor team for the next year of Millennium! we’re recruiting for Editors and Deputy Editors 🤝 Open to UoL PhDs and, for Deputies, Master’s students - paid work! Interested? E-mail millennium@lse.ac.uk for more info. Elections are 21 Nov via Zoom! 🗳️
there should have been so much more of this throughout. assuming undecideds just don't read the (right) news does them a huge disservice and Democrats' record on all they are campaigning on is chequered at best
Wait... @PeteButtigieg debated 25 undecided Michigan voters?! WHAT Is there anything he won't do? this man is fearless
Wrote this a while back while not on X and forgot about it...
Legitimacy: crisis or continuity?, a new blog by Kathy Dodworth, author of LEGITIMATION AS POLITICAL PRACTICE ow.ly/Mnbk50Kapn8
I googled my symptoms and it turns out I just need this election to be over.
whoaaaaaaaaah 👀👀
Hi! Our new paper is out 🚨 MANKEEPING names the invisible care work that many women do to: 1) support men's mental health 2) cultivate better social support systems for men 3) teach men social & emotional skills that many women develop through rich friendships FULL TEXT⬇️
one part of the HE crisis that @UKLabour govt could fix in heartbeat. neutralize the language, disambiguate this specific debate (no boats involved, people!!), draw on established evidence about the contributions such scholars and their families make, change the policy. Fin.
University hit by fall in international students bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… The racist and draconian policy stopping international students from bringing their families with them is starting to bite. #HE #UKHE #HigherEducation
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